HawgBeat – Arkansas to lose LB coach Scherer to UNLV

Arkansas linebackers coach Michael Scherer is anticipated to be the brand new defensive coordinator at UNLV, sources advised HawgBeat. He’ll be a part of former Arkansas defensive coordinator Barry Odom, who’s now the pinnacle coach for the Rebels.

The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman first reported the potential for the transfer on Dec. 9 and Tom Murphy of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette additionally reported the probability of the transfer on Sunday. UNLV is anticipated to formally announce Scherer on Monday.

After spending one season as a graduate assistant underneath Odom at Missouri in 2019, Scherer moved over to Arkansas with Odom in 2020. He spent the 2020 season as a defensive analyst and served because the linebackers coach for the previous two seasons.

Throughout Wednesday’s 55-53 Liberty Bowl win over Kansas, Scherer served because the interim defensive coordinator for the Hogs, who allowed 603 complete yards and 544 passing yards to Jayhawks quarterback Jalon Daniels.

Scherer coached Arkansas greats like Grant Morgan, Bumper Pool, Hayden Henry and Drew Sanders. All 4 of these gamers recorded seasons with 100 tackles underneath Scherer, and Sanders was an AP First-Group All-American this season for the Hogs after transferring in from Alabama.

On the recruiting trial, Scherer did very effectively for Arkansas. He gained three linebacker commitments within the 2023 class, three within the 2022 class (together with Sanders), and three within the 2021 class, together with Chris Paul Jr., who’s primed to be a starter subsequent season.

Odom additionally employed former Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino as his new offensive coordinator and former Razorback extensive receiver and particular groups coordinator James Shibest on Dec. 15.

Scherer is the third Arkansas coach to depart from the Hogs because the finish of the season, becoming a member of Odom and former tight ends coach Dowell Loggains, who’s now the offensive coordinator at South Carolina.

With Scherer’s transfer to UNLV, Arkansas just isn’t anticipated to rent a brand new linebackers coach, per sources. New defensive coordinator from UCF, Travis Williams, who coached linebackers at Auburn, Miami and Northern Iowa, is anticipated to teach the identical place with the Hogs. Williams additionally performed linebacker for Auburn.